Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.True or false: the saxophone is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by bowing strings (c) by plucking strings (d) by tapping with hands
- 3.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by plucking strings (b) by shaking it (c) by hitting it (d) by blowing air into it
- 4.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 5.True or false: the sitar is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 7.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarangi (b) trumpet (c) drum (d) shehnai
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) tambourine (c) tabla (d) sarod
- 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) flute (d) drum
- 10.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) flute
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) flute (c) sarangi (d) shehnai
- 12.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) dholak (c) sarangi (d) damru
- 14.🎵 Is the sitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 15.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 16.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) saxophone (c) harp (d) ghatam
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drum (b) guitar (c) harp (d) sitar
- 18.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 19.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 20.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) sarangi (c) tambourine (d) veena
- 21.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sitar (b) bansuri (c) ghatam (d) veena
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) dholak (c) drum (d) tambourine
- 23.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) harp (b) damru (c) conch (d) sarod
- 24.True or false: the sitar is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a spoon (c) a bow (d) a straw
- 26.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) saxophone (c) nadaswaram (d) violin
- 29.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) clarinet (c) harp (d) mridangam
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) violin (b) sarangi (c) ektara (d) conch
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) clarinet (c) trumpet (d) sitar
- 32.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 33.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: the clarinet is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: the nadaswaram is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: the ektara is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) trumpet (b) sitar (c) harp (d) veena
- 38.True or false: the shehnai is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎵 Is the ghatam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 40.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
Answer key
- True
- by tapping with hands
- by blowing air into it
- 6
- True
- string
- sarangi
- sarod
- veena
- tabla
- sarangi
- True
- nadaswaram
- string
- 4
- saxophone
- drum
- 1
- 7
- tambourine
- bansuri
- bansuri
- conch
- False
- a bow
- True
- 2
- violin
- harp
- conch
- sitar
- percussion
- False
- False
- False
- False
- trumpet
- False
- percussion
- wind
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